畑

Field Fires
Originally uploaded by preilley.

Field

• polje (plural: polja)
  

畑（はたけ） - field
hatake

田（た）畑（はた） - the fields
tahata

畑

火 + 田 = 畑
Imagine a burnt field or the slash-and-burn method of cultivation.

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Radical: 田
Stroke Count: 9
音： -
訓： はた・はたけ
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丁

nails
Originally uploaded by Tomhee.

丁 has various meanings; for example, it is used when counting particular things such as tofu or towns/municipalities.

丁（チョウ）
chou

• 丁 represents a nail driven into a board, and it often indicates a T shape or a right angle. (See 町)

- o-tofu yon-chou kudasai.
- お豆腐四丁ください。
- Please give me four cakes of tofu. (= I'll take ... )

- Suzuki-san wa san-choume ni sunde imasu.
- 鈴木さんは三丁目に住んでいます。
- Mr. Suzuki lives in the 3rd section [of a town/city].

一丁（いっちょう） icchou
二丁（にちょう） ni-chou
三丁（さんちょう） san-chou
四丁（よんちょう） yon-chou
五丁（ごちょう） go-chou ...

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Radical: 一
Stroke Count: 7
音： チョウ・テイ
訓： ひのと
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受

a gift from the garden
Originally uploaded by tamelyn.

Receive, accept

• primiti, dobiti, prihvatiti

受（う）ける - receive
ukeru

受（う）かる - pass [an exam], get through, to be accepted
ukaru

• proći [ispit] - to pass [an exam]
  

受（ジュ）賞（ショウ） - win [receive] a prize
jushou

• dobiti nagradu

受

受 = 爪 + 又

受 indicates to receive something by hand without dropping it. It's the side that receives. The giving side is 授.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： ジュ
訓： う
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波

Shipstern Bluff
Originally uploaded by Samuel Shelley

Wave

• val ; valovi
  

波（なみ）
nami

波


The water radical (the three dots) + 皮 (skin) = 波

cf. The さんずい radical, the water group:
洗 wash
汁 juice, sap
海 sea, ocean
液 liquid

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 8
音： ハ
訓： なみ
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皮

P1030514
Originally uploaded by zerj.

Skin

• koža
  

皮（かわ） - skin
kawa

毛（け）皮（がわ） - fur, pelt, hide (noun)
kegawa

• krzno

皮（ヒ）膚（フ） - skin
hifu

皮

• 又 represents a right hand (see the 又 radical ) .
• 皮 originally shows a right hand pulling an animal skin/fur [possibly over the head].

Also see 波

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Radical: 皮
Stroke Count: 5
音： ヒ
訓： かわ
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取

2006_07_ 009
Originally uploaded by nmorena71.

To Take

• uzeti

取（と）る - take
toru

取（シュ）得（トク） - acquisition, taking
shutoku

取

See 耳、　又

取 indicates to hold the ears of captives/enemies firmly (after cutting them off...) as proof of victory.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： シュ
訓： と
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負

Little Creatures
Originally uploaded by simply special.


Porters carrying back-breaking loads
Originally uploaded by meg and rahul.

Indebted, To Owe, To Take Responsibility, To Lose

• dugovati - to owe
  
• izgubiti - to lose
• preuzeti obvezu - to take responsibility/commitment
  

負（お）う - to owe
ou

負（ま）ける - to lose
makeru

負（フ）傷（ショウ）- to be wounded
fushou

負

人 (a side view of a person) ＋　貝 (property, fortune)　＝　負

負 indicates a person carrying property on his back/shoulders. Imagine that you run away looking like that when you lose.

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Radical: 貝
Stroke Count: 9
音： フ
訓： お・ま
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問

Peeking through the gate
Originally uploaded by Troy B Thompson.

To Ask About

• pitati, upitati

問（と）う
tou

質（シツ）問（モン） - a question [to ask]
shitsumon

問（モン）題（ダイ） - a question/problem [to solve]
mondai

問

See 口、門、聞

• 門 indicates something closed, or something you don't understand. Imagine that something is happening behind the gates, and you open your mouth (口) and ask about it.

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Radical : 口
Stroke Count: 11
音：モン
訓：と・とん
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州

Moss & Motion
Originally uploaded by nailbender.

Cay, continent, county, province, state

• cay - prud, otočić
• continent - kontinent
• county - okrug, pokrajina
  
• province - provincija, pokrajina
  
• state - država

州（しゅう）- province, state
shuu

州（す）- cay, holm, sandbar, sandbank
su

ミシガン州（しゅう） - The state of Michigan
mishigan-shuu

三（さん）角（かく）州（す）- delta
sankakusu

州（洲）

See 川

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Radical:　川
Stroke Count: 6
音：シュウ
訓：す
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